• Veterans recall American War

    26/04/2011 05:00

    Former prisoners of war and political prisoners in the former Sai Gon regime’s prisons yesterday, April 26, recalled their sufferings as well as the courage, determination and solidarity at a meeting held to celebrate the 36th National Liberation Day (April 30,...

  • ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 21/4

    ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 21/4

    21/04/2011 05:00

    HCM City presents portrait exhibition The Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Association is holding a painting exhibition called “Portraits” featuring works by young Vietnamese artists. The exhibition shows various moods in a painters’ life and...

  • Decision on Laos hydro-electric dam not yet made

    Decision on Laos hydro-electric dam not yet made

    19/04/2011 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – The Mekong River Commission (MRC) on April 19 didn’t release any decision on the Laos controversial Xayaburi dam. More consultation at ministerial levels are needed, according to an MRC announcement. Giant Mekong catfish is facing extinction...

  • ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 18/4

    ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 18/4

    18/04/2011 05:00

    Hoi An goes Dutch with fund to restore relic The Netherlands-based Prince Claus Fund has donated an unspecified sum of money for restoring a degraded relic in world heritage city Hoi An. A centuries-old house at 14 Nguyen Thai Hoc...

  • ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 17/4

    16/04/2011 05:00

    Miss Auto Vietnam Contest to take place in July Miss Auto Vietnam Contest, the first ever beauty pageant of its kind, kicks off this month. Applications are available at Auto Vietnam magazine, 12A13, Me Linh Street, Ward 19, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, beginning...

  • Ca Mau confronts receding future

    16/04/2011 05:00

    The Ca Mau headland could disappear altogether if authorities fail to prevent rock falls into the sea and soil erosion by wind and rain, environmentalists said on Wednesday. More than 1,100m of the headland have already been lost and the rate of erosion shows no sign of declining,...

  • SOCIETY IN BRIEF 17/4

    16/04/2011 05:00

    Trade bank asked to make room for school expansion The People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City proposes to ask the Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank of Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) to look elsewhere for locating their new office building, making room for a high school...

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